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Eight national Catholic organizations sent a statement to President Joe Biden and Congress.
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns joined a coalition of 31 organizations in signing the following letter urging Congress to shift funding away from the bloated Pentagon budget for FY 2022 and towards critical human needs priorities, especially in this time of national and international crisis.
President Biden has several critical opportunities to address the threat of nuclear weapons.
We can create a world free of nuclear weapons.
The Global Days of Action on Military Spending are observed by groups around the world that are opposed to the bloated military budgets of their countries.
More information on the campaign can be found here.
Please check back for more details on how these days will be observed in DC. The website above includes information on events related to the campaign going on in other cities in the U.S. and around the world.
Tell President Trump and your Senators to keep the INF Treaty and stop the production of new nuclear weapons.
Ask Congress to reject funding for new nuclear weapons
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns released the following statement on May 8, 2018.
The latest direct action against nuclear weapons by the Plowshares Movement occurred at a nuclear submarine base in Georgia on April 4, 2018.
Despite strong opposition from the nuclear weapon states to last year’s nuclear ban treaty, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and leaders of faith groups are pressing the countries to resume discussions on limiting and eventually eliminating nuclear weapons.
We are as close as we have ever been to nuclear Armageddon.
The Trump administration has taken actions in recent months that have raised tensions over nuclear weapons with both Iran and North Korea. In both cases, diplomacy can be used to build trust and avoid military confrontation.
Under pressure from nuclear-armed nations that insist a world without nuclear weapons is not possible, a grassroots movement has achieved a UN nuclear ban treaty and a Nobel Peace Prize.
The Trump administration has taken actions in recent months that have raised tensions over nuclear weapons with both Iran and North Korea. In both cases, diplomacy can be used to build trust and avoid military confrontation.